Boat designs
Wooden boat plans and kits, with the build logs attached
Boats built from plans or a kit, by the people building them. Pick one to see every build log of it, how long they actually took, and where the hours went.
1,600+ boat plans and kits from 94 designers are listed here in one place: Glen-L Marine, Chesapeake Light Craft, Devlin, Dudley Dix, John Welsford, Iain Oughtred, Bateau, Benford and the rest. Every design page carries the specs, where the plans or the kit come from, and every build log anyone here has kept of that boat, so you can see what it actually took before you buy the drawings.
Filter by who drew it, by what it is (kayaks, canoes, skiffs, dories, dinghies, sailboats, runabouts and cruisers), by length, or by how it goes together: stitch and glue, glued lapstrake, strip plank, plywood on frame, skin on frame. Most of the catalog is plywood, which is also where a first boat should start.
47 boats
Compare two boats| Design | Plans from | Type | LOA | Construction | Logs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16' 1" Abenaki | Newfound Woodworks | Paddle | 16′ 1″ (4.9 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 16' 6" Georgian Bay | Newfound Woodworks | Paddle | 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 16' 6" Shooting Star | Newfound Woodworks | Paddle | 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 16' Chestnut Kruger | Newfound Woodworks | Paddle | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 17' 1" Nipmuc | Newfound Woodworks | Paddle | 17′ 1″ (5.21 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 17' 11" Outer Island | Newfound Woodworks | Paddle | 17′ 11″ (5.46 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 17' Disko Bay | Newfound Woodworks | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 17' Fire Star | Newfound Woodworks | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 17' Sea Wolf | Newfound Woodworks | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 17' Spirit | Newfound Woodworks | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 17' Traveler | Newfound Woodworks | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 18' 2" White Guide | Newfound Woodworks | Paddle | 18′ 2″ (5.54 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| 18' 4" North Star | Newfound Woodworks | Paddle | 18′ 4″ (5.59 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Aleutesque | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| All Water Seventeen | Ashes Still Water Boats | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Angler's Big Trip | Ashes Still Water Boats | Paddle | 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Angler's Trip | Ashes Still Water Boats | Paddle | 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Columbia Star | White Salmon Boat Works | Paddle | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Endeavour | Steve Killing | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Expedition Single | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Freedom 17 | Steve Killing | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Freedom 17-9 | Steve Killing | Paddle | 17′ 9″ (5.41 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Great Auk 17 | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Greenland Night Heron | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Guillemot | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Guillemot "L" | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Guillemot "S" | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| High-Capacity Great Auk | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Klickitat | White Salmon Boat Works | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| microBootlegger | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 17′ 6″ (5.33 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Mystic River Canoe | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 17′ 2″ (5.23 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Night Heron | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Night Heron - High Deck | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Petrel | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Play | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Polar Star | White Salmon Boat Works | Paddle | 18′ 0″ (5.49 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Razor-Billed Auk | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 19′ 0″ (5.79 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Resolute | Steve Killing | Paddle | 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Runner | Chesapeake Light Craft | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Shell Star | White Salmon Boat Works | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Solo Day Tripper | Steve Killing | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Solo Quick | Ashes Still Water Boats | Paddle | 16′ 6″ (5.03 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Stripper | Glen-L Marine | Paddle | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Tandem Day | Ashes Still Water Boats | Paddle | 16′ 0″ (4.88 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Tandem Quick | Ashes Still Water Boats | Paddle | 18′ 6″ (5.64 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| Tandem Trip | Ashes Still Water Boats | Paddle | 17′ 0″ (5.18 m) | strip planked | 0 |
| True North XPD | Steve Killing | Paddle | 19′ 3″ (5.87 m) | strip planked | 0 |
Boat not listed? Start your log and type its name and it gets added to the catalog. Specs here are community-maintained; check them against the designer’s own drawings before you cut anything.